Senator LUDWIG (Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister Assisting the Attorney-General on Queensland Floods Recovery) (9:36 AM)
—by leave—The purpose of my short statement is really to ask the opposition whether or not they have afforded Senator Bob Brown the opportunity of hearing what Senator Brandis has now said. It would seem appropriate to do that. If it has not been done, then Senator Brown should certainly be allowed the opportunity of at least responding to the issue that has been raised. I would have thought it was courteous to do that.